Posted by Sad Panda on February 4, 2004, at 18:14:40
In reply to Re: Doxepin v Mirtazapine, posted by scott-d-o on February 4, 2004, at 16:00:07
> > No Scott, you missed your own point. Anything Doxepin can do, Mirtazapine can do better. Neither drug has any dopamine effects, so why are you talking about Parkinson's & Schizophrenia?? Mirtazapine is a mild anti-depressant that can reverse SSRI induced side-effects & give a good nights sleep, Doxepin is similar, but not as good.
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> > Cheers,
> > Panda.
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> how can you say they are similar when one is a tricyclic that works by blocking reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine, and the other works by antagonising postsynaptic serotonin receptors? they are hardly alike at all..
>LOL, You reckoned Efexor & Doxepin where very similiar in a previous post when Doxepin hardly has any effect on Serotonin at all. Doxepin is far closer to Mirtazapine then it will ever be to Efexor.
Cheers,
Panda.
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